1、河北临漳县2016高考英语二轮阅读理解学生选练（4）及答案高考英语冲刺阅读理解。I was helping in my sons classroom when I spotted a poster that reads, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can break my heart”. I started thinking.Teachers are such an important part of a childs life. A teachers support determines how safe a child
2、feels in school. His inspiration determines how much risk a child will take in the classroom, his understanding determines how important a child feels in school and his love determines a childs motivating and attitude toward education. And the effect a teacher has on a child doesnt end when the scho
3、ol bell rings at the end of the day. Rather, those feelings developed in the classroom go home with the child and, in a large part, determine what sort of evening the child and the family have. The importance of a teacher to a child is fantastic and cannot be over-emphasized.All my children are fort
4、unate to have remarkable teachers. Consequently, the three of them love going to school almost as much as they love using teacherisms. For example, one of Hannahs favorite phrases in used when I mess up. She looks at me with understanding and says, “Its okay to make mistakes, mama, because youre onl
5、y learning.” Rachaels favorite phrase is used to start most of her jobs; with a glow in her eye, she says, “Im just going to do my best, mama, because thats all I can do!” But perhaps my favorite is Jacobs response to his sisters when one of them says something he doesnt like. With his hand on his h
6、eart he says, “Dont say that because words can break my heart.”Like most parents, I hear teacherisms daily. And every time I hear one, my heart floods with gratefulness for the wonderful teachers who make my children feel safe, important, and successful in the classroom, and who are helping my child
7、ren achieve emotional good health. There is much talk today how to measure a teachers worth. I think we need only look at the students. Children mirror teachers words and actions, and the content of those reflections shows teachers greatness.1. Teachers are important to students in that .A. they equ
8、ip them with book knowledgeB. they help free the parents from worriesC. they guarantee each family a happy eveningD. they help keep them emotionally healthy答案解析：答案为D。 本题为细节题。由第二段 “Teachers are such an important part of a childs life. A teachers support determines how safe a child feels in school. Hi
9、s inspiration determines how much risk a child will take in the classroom, his understanding determines how important a child feels in school and his love determines a childs motivating and attitude toward education.” 可知，老师对学生重要是因为老师帮助学生保持精神的健康。故答案为D。2. The three childrens examples are used to show
10、that .A. they are lucky to have wonderful teachersB. they can eventually develop into good teachersC. they are sometimes mentally hurt by the teachersD. they have a successful performance in school答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。作者用自己三个孩子的例子是为了证明第三段的首句也就是该段的主题句 “All my children are fortunate to have remarkable t
11、eachers.” 意为“我的孩子非常幸运，（在学校里）有非常了不起的老师。A选项意思与此符合，故答案为A。3. To his mother, what the boy says possibly sounds .A. ridiculousB. convincingC. humorousD. inspiring答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节推理题。由第三段可知，作者前面提到的两个孩子是女孩，最后一个孩子是男孩，由该段后面的内容 “But perhaps my favorite is Jacobs response to his sisters when one of them says som
12、ething he doesnt like. With his hand on his heart he says, Dont say that because words can break my heart.”可知，作者最喜欢的是他的儿子Jacob在姐姐们说了他不喜欢的话后所说的话，他把一只手放在自己的胸口说：“别那样说哦，因为话能伤害我的心。” 从作者的用词“favorite”和他儿子的言谈举止我们可以推断一个小孩讲那样的话显得非常幽默，故答案为C。A选项 “ridiculous” 意为 “可笑的，荒谬的”； B选项“convincing” 意为 “令人信服的”；D选项 “inspiri
13、ng” 意为 “令人鼓舞的”，均不符合题意。4. The underlined word “teacherisms” probably refers to “ ”.A. how teachers normally deal with their studentsB. what teachers usually say to their studentsC. why teachers seem important to their studentsD. where teachers agree with their students答案解析：答案为B。本题为词义猜测题。由 “teacherism
14、s” 所在的语境 “All my children are fortunate to have remarkable teachers. Consequently, the three of them love going to school almost as much as they love using teacherisms.” 可知，作者提到自己的孩子非常幸运，在学校里有非常了不起的老师，结果，三个孩子都喜欢上学就像他们喜欢用teacherisms一样。接下来作者用三个孩子所说的话作为例子，这些话显得非常成熟，它们明显来自老师平时在学校里对他们所说的，故答案为B。高考英语冲刺阅读理解
15、。Just be happy. Sounds too simplistic, doesnt it? But, in reality, we can have much more happiness if we choose to consider things from a positive point of view. Everyone experiences the ups and downs of life, however, we can make a decision to take advantage of the negative or pratice what the old
16、saying says to do：“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” It really boils down to your attitude and you have the ability to work your attitude into any shape you like. Here are some tips:Ignore those who tell you life is too difficult to be happy. what do they know?When you awaken each morning,
17、 be thankful for another day, even if its raining.Smile at those you meet, even if they dont return the favor. Dont borrow trouble. Each day has enough of its own.Dont allow trouble to bury you in its gray depth of sorrow.Dont give in to negative thinking.Be positive even when others are not.Refuse
18、to give up on anything worth having or doing.Do something you enjoy each day, even if its just a walk in your neighborhood. Whistle as you go though the day.Work at being happy because its worth it.Youre human, like everyone else, and from time to time you need a little pick-me-up in your decision t
19、o be happy. When you reach that stage, find someone else who has decided to be happy. Join forces with him and march forward in your decision to be a happy person. Simply speaking, a happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.Ch
20、oose today to just be happy-as much as it depends on you!1. The amount of happiness depends on .A. the ups and downs youve experiencedB. what attitude you take towards lifeC. how simple a life you manage to liveD. the kind of environment you stay in答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一段 “But, in reality, we can have
21、 much more happiness if we choose to consider things from a positive point of view.”可知，如果我们从积极的角度考虑问题，我们就能获得更多的快乐，故答案为B“幸福取决于你对生活的态度”。2. The underlined sentence advises us to . A. work hard for a comfortable lifeB. drink lemonade when in difficultyC. make the best of what we haveD. ignore the negati
22、ve side of life答案解析：答案为C。本题为语义理解题。结合划线句子前面的内容 “Everyone experiences the ups and downs of life, however, we can make a decision to take advantage of the negative or pratice what the old saying says to do”可知，人在经历坡坡坎坎的时候，要利用消极面去生活，把消极转化为积极，这样我们才能快乐，因此作者说“生活给了我们柠檬，就把它做成柠檬水”，故答案为C “最好地利用我们所拥有的”。3. Which
23、of the following doesnt help maintain your good state of mind?A. Think in advance about future troubles.B. Greet others with a cheerful smile.C. Stay positive all the way through.D. Try to enjoy every single moment.答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由文中作者所给的保持快乐的第四条建议 “Dont borrow trouble. Each day has enough of its
24、own.（不要借明天的烦恼，每天的烦恼够多了）”可知，A选项“提前思考未来的烦恼”不利于保持好心情，故答案A符合题意。4. The best title for the passage might be “ ”.A. Dont lose heartB. Share your happinessC. Live a simple lifeD. Lets cheer ourselves up答案解析：答案为D。本题考查文章的标题。文章第一段告诉我们要以乐观的态度去生活，才会保持快乐，中间内容给出了保持快乐的建议，最好一段重申主题“保持快乐”，故答案为D“让我们高兴起来”。【2014高考英语湖北省武昌
25、区调研试题】A阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选叭A、B、c和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。At a recent visit to the beautiful Keukenhof flower gardens in Holland, I learned about the practice of toppingAs flowers grow, sometimes the growers cut off the tops of the flowers, which they believe causes the plants to invest more energy
26、 into flower growth and less into seed productionThe expected result is flower buds that will produce higher quality flowers This is the same with personal growthSometimes when we produce first results in a certain area, it can be helpful to cut them off and throw them awayThis can free up energy fo
27、r a stronger attempt elsewhere instead of settling into the comfort zone of satisfaction with the old results After running my computer games business for 10 years and generating satisfying results with it, I decided to drop it and leave that field behindThis freed up my energy to focus on my person
28、al development writing and speaking If Id kept running the old business, this would have meant less energy to invest in my new path It can be difficult to choose the topping approach because youre taking something thats already reasonably satisfying and cutting it out of your life, in the hopes that
29、 something even better will grow in its place Do you want to settle where you are right now? If so, then topping is unnecessary But if youd like to do better and believe you have a good shot at improvement, just like the flower growers at Keukenhof, then topping is a sensible practiceTo free up time
30、 and energy for future growth in new directions, you have to drop the merely satisfactoryThis gives you a shot at the truly beautiful Stepping outside of your comfort zone is by definition an uncomfortable experience, but it can yield a lot more growth than staying putThough dropping satisfaction to
31、 go for more growth is not an easy path to follow, I do find it to be the more beautiful path51By using metaphor, the author means that the tops of flowers are _ Apersonal growth Bhis writing and speaking Ca stronger attempt elsewhere Dthe first results we produce in a certain area52If you believe t
32、hat you have a good shot at improvement, you believe that Ayou have a strong ability to improve Byou have a good chance to improve Cyou are good at improving Dyou are fond of improving53The author calls on the readers through the passage to _ Asettle where they are Bdrop the truly beautiful Cstep ou
33、t of their comfort zone Dget rid of the uncomfortable experience54The best title of the passage should be _ AComfort or Growth BPersonal Development CThe Topping Approach DFlower Gardens in Holland【参考答案】51-54 DBCA 【2014高考英语湖北省武昌区调研试题】BI will never many, the future Elizabeth I declared at the age of
34、eight, age of eight, and, to the terror of her people, the Great Queen kept her wordFor four centuries, historians have guessed why Elizabeth never marriedIn her own day, her decision to remain single was considered absurd and dangerousA queen needed a husband to make political decisions for her and
35、 to organise and lead her military camp4gnsMore important, she needed male heirs to avoid a civil war after her death There was no shortage of suitors for the Queen, both English courtiers （朝臣） and foreign princes, and it was confidently expected for the best part of 30 years that Elizabeth would ev
36、entually marry one of themIndeed, although she insisted that she preferred the single state, she kept these suitors in a state of permanent expectationThis was a deliberate policy on the Queens part, since by keeping foreign princes in hope, sometimes for a decade, she kept them friendly when they m
37、ight otherwise have made war on her kingdom There were, indeed, good political reasons for her avoiding marriageThe disastrous union of her sister Mary I to Philip II of Spain had had an unwelcome foreign influence upon English politicsThe English were generally pr0udiced against the Queen taking a
38、foreign husband, particularly a Catholic oneYet if she married an English, jealousy might lead to the separation of the court There were other, deeper reasons for Elizabeths unwillingness to marry, chief of which, I believe, was her fear of losing her autonomy as Queen In the 16th century, a queen w
39、as regarded as holding supreme dominion（统治权）over the state, while a husband was thought to hold supreme dominion over his wifeElizabeth knew that marriage and motherhood would bring some harm to her power She once pointed out that marriage seemed too uncertain a state for her She had seen several un
40、ions in her immediate family break down, including that of her own parents Some writers, based on very fragile evidence, have argued that Elizabeth was frightened or incapable of the sex act, but it is more likely that she feared childbirth Two of her stepmothers, her grandmother and several acquain
41、tances had died in childbed Elizabeth father Henry VIII, had had her mother, Anne Boleyn, killed; her stepmother Catherine Howard later suffered the same fate When Elizabeth was 14 she was all but attracted by Admiral Thomas Seymour, who also went to the prison within a year Witnessing these terribl
42、e events at an early age, it has been argued, may have put Elizabeth off marriage Elizabeth had to decide her priorities Marriage or being single? Elizabeth was far too intelligentThe choice she made was courageous and revolutionary, and, in the long run, the right one for England55To the suitors in
43、cluding English courtiers and foreign princes，Elizabeth . Aheld back the truth Bgave a definite answer no Ckept them expecting deliberately Dsaid she preferred the single state56If Elizabeth had married a foreign prince, there might have been . Aprejudice against her Bseparation of the court Cjealou
44、sy among English courtiers Da negative impact on English politics57Which of the following implications is right according to the passage? AQueen Elizabeth was not a Catholic BSome foreign princes made war on Britain CCatherine Howard was killed by Anne Boleyn DAdmiral Thomas Seymour was killed by Henry VIII58What is the attitude of the author towards Queen Elizabeth never marrying in her life? A Pitiful B Approving C NegativeD Neutral【参考答案】55-58 CDAB
